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In the valley to the south of the monastery, there is a church dedicated to the Holy Forty Martyrs. The area around the church has been planted with hundreds of olive trees. The site is known in Arabic as Wadi el Arbain.

This may be the place called Kodar in Ammonius’s account of the fourth […]

All of the capitals in the sixth century basilica are carved from solid blocks of granite. The capital of the westernmost column on the north side of the church has four projecting corners where it meets the arches above it. These are adorned with rams’ heads.